Directed Retry


When there is a co-existing GSM RAN, excess traffic in a WCDMA cell may be offloaded to GSM

If a call is chosen for Directed Retry to GSM, the request for the speech RAB will be rejected with cause "Directed retry" and then a request is made to the core network to relocate the UE to a specific GSM cell, using the Inter-RAT handover procedure. This handover is a blind one since the target cell is chosen not based on UE measurements. Therefore, the target cell must be co-located with the WCDMA cell. Co-located GSM cells are assumed to have similar coverage and accessibility as their respective WCDMA cells.